Keep on Moving Club: July 1, 2017

[Howie]

And then give Howie a few pieces of chocolate......

[agate]

Has Howie posted his physical activity for any day recently?

I don't know if Howie's really entitled to chocolate but then I'm not the one dispensing it.

Oh wait. He's in 100-degree heat. And he's serving as a cheerleader for others. I take back my heartless remark.

[Sunshine]

Virginia, you get so many credits that your credits have credits.

Plants: I tie them up because they're in containers. They'd end up being in a hit metal external spiral staircase otherwise. Comments LAZ?

Today I cut back to swimming to 320 yards , 12 minutes. -- because I forgot to bring cell to pool and DH was away. At 320 yards I felt my hip muscles tighten. Didn't want to risk spasms and hence inability to get back into house, call friend or call 911. So, I got out earlier.

Lesson: always locate phone before leaving the house to swim or drive

[Virginia]

BBS, so true. You did really well to get out just slightly early. You still did a lot.

I am wiped out this morning from all the heat yesterday, also the brain activity of having to choose upholstery material. So afraid of making a mistake. While furniture is gone I plan to try and get a handyman in to do some other things and then have carpets cleaned before furniture is returned to me. Does lots of heavy thinking bother anyone else? I slept very little last night, so I will spend most of the day in my recliner I am sure.

[Sunshine]

Yes. I have two important tasks that require much thought to finish closing my business. I keep putting it off.

And the MMJ hoops are very taxing.

[agate]

BBS, so true. You did really well to get out just slightly early. You still did a lot.

I am wiped out this morning from all the heat yesterday, also the brain activity of having to choose upholstery material. So afraid of making a mistake. While furniture is gone I plan to try and get a handyman in to do some other things and then have carpets cleaned before furniture is returned to me. Does lots of heavy thinking bother anyone else? I slept very little last night, so I will spend most of the day in my recliner I am sure.

Virginia, I would find choosing upholstery material especially hard in hot weather. It's not just the heavy thinking (having to choose among lots of options). In hot weather my color vision is impaired, and I think you must have been selecting colors as well as fabrics?

Having to imagine how one choice would look and find out how easy to clean it is, how comfortable it would be to sit on--those are the kinds of details that would clutter up my head to the point where I'd leave the place and later realize I'd completely forgotten to deal with one or another of them.

[Howie]

I slept until just after 5pm. I had nothing to do today, so a few bathroom breaks, and back to sleep easily, each time. I'll eat in a while, and try to feel normal, if that's possible.

Keep an eye on Agate, I think she's getting mean lately.

[stillstANNding]

Rabies?

ANN

[Howie]

Very possibly!

[SuzE-Q]

Virginia, if I'm affected by heat, my speed of processing is definitely impaired. I end up feeling very overwhelmed and confused and anxious.

Virginia, how's that rolling basket you bought working out?

Lol, funny, since I have been so remiss in exercising lately, the only thing that made me open up this thread was seeing Howie's name as the last contributor - I didn't think he exercised either so was wondering what was going on in here then.

[Howie]

I may not exercise, but look at the muscle on this arm! (he says making a muscle with his right arm)

[Virginia]

Suze, I had already chosen the material for the couch. I am going to have a white couch - always wanted one, and if I don't get it now I never will. Since the wing back chair and ottoman were already white I needed to change them to pick up some of the colors I use. The chair I sit in will remain the same. The wing back with ottoman was the hardest. Then I chose the material for dinning room chairs. They were not worn but dated looking. That was pretty easy - just needed to take a swatch of what I have my valances made of. I am now in the process of waiting for some of the material to come in that they needed to get from another store in another town. I am a little anxious until I see it all put together. Also, I have never used this upholsterer before. So keeping fingers crossed and hoping for best.

By the way, I found that my shopping cart doesn't work as well as I first thought. It works well, but the bag on it is too small. So I might get another one. At least if I do get another one I know more about what I am looking for.

Heat does have a detrimental effect on my thinking and how my eyes work. I bought a couple of watches of material home and kind of lived with it a few days, but was still having trouble between two.

About Howie's exercise - he did make a pasta dish one day!

[agate]

Rabies?

ANN

Too many snap diagnoses around here....

About those possums, I have a better outlook on possums if I think of Pogo but I have to admit I've never known one personally.

I'm sorry if I've been neglecting to post much here. In the last couple of days I've been scanning some photos (a total of 7) to send in an e-mail, and that kind of task demands my total concentration. It's been ages since I sent any photos by e-mail, and I've forgotten how to do it. I have a one-track mind that is also filled with other things I have to do just now. The week's pills and ironing were on the agenda today, and along came the bank statement. A package arrived, containing a new saucepan because I burned my old one beyond repair recently. So I was busy opening that and getting used to the new pan.

It has a glass lid. I have a skillet with a glass lid and I like it, actually. I thought I'd break it in no time at all but I've had it for several years now and no breakage. So now I have another.

This is the Keep Moving thread, and I've been wandering off into a whine about how busy I am but it doesn't sound as if I've been moving very many muscles.

I've been doing my usual routines involving a couple of exercise bands and a ball, and I try to walk around the parking lot daily.

I was standing around for a while in a neighbor's apartment and got into her bathtub a second time (with my shoes off) to see what the problem is with her shower. This is my neighbor who is in her 90s. She has balance problems, and they cut a door in her bathtub and she has a shower chair, but the setup doesn't work for her. This battle has been going on for 8 months now, and this woman hasn't been able to use her shower in all that time.

Best wishes to your mother, ANN, on her birthday. She sounds like a truly remarkable person.

Virginia, unlike you I've never wanted a white couch but not because I don't like the way it would look. It's just that I'm so lazy that the thought of keeping it clean would be enough to keep me from ever wanting one. I hope you'll enjoy yours.

[stillstANNding]

Yes, Virginia, you are very brave to have white upholstery.

Agate, you are always thinking and doing. Does your new pan have any color? My mom has suddenly decided she likes red accents in her kitchen.

ANN

[Howie]

Ann, I just got on a red theme in my kitchen. A new red toaster oven, coffee maker, and salt and pepper shakers. I like the red in the kitchen, it's cheerful looking.